Vladislav Ondřejík (1 April 1943 – 10 July 1977) was a
Czechoslovak
Czechoslovak may refer to:
*A demonym or adjective pertaining to Czechoslovakia (1918–93)
**First Czechoslovak Republic (1918–38)
**Second Czechoslovak Republic (1938–39)
**Third Czechoslovak Republic (1948–60)
**Fourth Czechoslovak Repub ...
racing driver
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Auto racing has existed since the invention of the automobile. Races of various sorts were organise ...
and engineer.
History
Ondřejík was born on 1 April 1943, and was a citizen of
Czechoslovakia
, rue, Чеськословеньско, , yi, טשעכאסלאוואקיי,
, common_name = Czechoslovakia
, life_span = 1918–19391945–1992
, p1 = Austria-Hungary
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. He began his racing career in 1960, participating in
kart racing
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. In 1965, he debuted in the
Czechoslovak Formula Three, in which he was driving
Tatra Delfin open-seated car with the engines from
Tatra and
Škoda
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Czech brands and enterprises
* Škoda Auto, automobile and previously bicycle manufacturer in Mladá Boleslav
** Škoda Motorsport, the division of Škoda Auto respons ...
cars. Later he competed driving the
Lotus 41C with
Ford
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* Ford (crossing), a shallow crossing on a river
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Ford Motor Company
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-
Cosworth
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engine, for the
Dukla Prague
Dukla Prague ( cz, Dukla Praha) was a Czech football club from the city of Prague. Established in 1948 as ATK Praha, the club won a total of 11 Czechoslovak league titles and eight Czechoslovak Cups, and in the 1966–67 season, reached the semi ...
team.
[ In 1969, while racing for ]Lotus
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** ''Lotus'' (genus), a genus of terrestrial plants in the family Fabaceae
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team, he was the second in the Cup of Peace and Friendship
The Cup of Peace and Friendship (also Friendship of Socialist Countries Cup) was the auto racing championship series dedicated to Eastern Bloc drivers between 1963 and 1990.
History
The series was created in 1963 on the initiative of Lech Tulak ...
. The year later, in 1970, he won the championship of the Cup of Peace and Friendship. He also participated in the touring car racing
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While the cars do not move ...
, driving Škoda 120 S, and Fiat 128 Sport Coupé.Prague
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, Czechoslovakia
, rue, Чеськословеньско, , yi, טשעכאסלאוואקיי,
, common_name = Czechoslovakia
, life_span = 1918–19391945–1992
, p1 = Austria-Hungary
, image_p1 ...
. After he stopped working there, he had established his own car tuning
Car tuning is the modification of a car to optimise it for a different set of performance requirements from those it was originally designed to meet. Most commonly this is higher engine performance and dynamic handling characteristics but cars ...
company, called Avon.[
On 10 July 1977, during the first lap of the race of the East Germany Touring Car Championship, at the ]Sachsenring
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race track, in Hohenstein-Ernstthal
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The town grew in the 15 ...
, East Germany
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(now in Germany
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), his Škoda 130 RS had collided with two others cars, and then crashed into a concrete pole. During the crash, Ondřejík had suffered heavy injuries, and had died later in the evening, in the hospital in Hohenstein-Ernstthal. The race was stopped and cancelled immediately following the crash.
References
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1943 births
1977 deaths
Formula Three drivers
Czechoslovak motorsport people
Racing drivers who died while racing
Mechanics (people)
Czechoslovak engineers